190507-1300

190507-1300

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2019-05-08 00:20
Time in Studio: 
2019-05-07 13:00 to 14:30
Location: 

Inspired day.  Felt like how I'll spend most of my days now that I'm teaching less... bouncing around from one musical endeavor to the next.  Spent a decent amount of time getting equipment (Zildjian FX stack at Guitar Center, visit to Axis Percussion, etc).

Instrument: 
Minutes On Instrument: 
40
Other Participants: 
Yuta Kato
Notes: 

Experiments with overlapping hits, testing whether it's okay to break the hard all-alternating-hits rule.  The answer is yes, and it's fun!  Use of cymbal stack seems very promising.

Experiments with bachi switching.  Rutes on YK R and KB L sounded good.  Shouldn't be a problem to switch.

New beginning arrangement
- single oroshi split between two players
- sugamen groove fade-in (like walking up to the club and eventually opening the door)
- 3x sugamen groove as normal
- (maybe) ka section light to dark, instead of alternating

next: more slow practice of dark ka section, bring back triplet suga practice.

Instrument: 
Minutes On Instrument: 
20
Notes: 

Toilet practice over two sessions.  Fun and feeling good!

Idea for "meaning" of kawatsura piece
- Octatrack backing track with bass and vocals
- counting in Japanese, multiple voices
- "13" youtube sample